Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Centre writes to States again to ensure reduction in edible oil prices.
The Department of Food and Public Distribution  to meet all States/UTs tomorrow to review action taken on stock limit order on Edible Oils
Rigorous measures being taken by the Centre to ease prices of Edible Oils in view of the festive season
Stakeholders advised not to hold the stocks in excess of two months of the storage capacity
The Department of Food and Public Distribution  will be meeting all States/UTs on Monday, October 25, 2021 through video conferencing to review the action taken on the stock limit order on edible prices.
In a letter written to all states by Secretary DFPD, Shri Sudhanshu Pandey, the Department has outlined initiatives taken by the Centre to ease prices of Edible Oils for relief of consumer and keeping the festive season in mind.
The DFPD is monitoring the prices of edible oils and there availability to the consumers. This is especially important to the context of the upcoming festival season in which demand of edible oils will increase. Various steps have already been taken by the government like based on the interaction with all the states and edible oil industry associations, stock disclosure notification has been issued and DFPD has created a web portal to monitor the stock of edible oils/oilseeds on a weekly basis in the country.
Demand and consumption of edible is different for the different states/UTs as per the preference of the consumers. However, for finalizing the stock limit quantity of edible oils and oilseeds, the states/UTs may consider/explore the previous stock limit imposed for edible oils and oilseeds by the state/UTs. It may be considered that any stakeholder  should not hold the stocks in excess two months of the storage capacity.
For guidance states may prefer to indicative limits which may have been imposed by states earlier is enclosed for consideration. However, for other categories similar quantities as appropriate for the state may be fixed. For example: for refiners, stocks of maximum of 2 months of the average scale of last six months could be used. Similarly, quanitities may be fixed for extractors/millers may be fixed.
COMMODITY-WISE STOCK LIMIT IMPOSED BY STATES/UTS SINCE 2002
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COMMODITY  STATES/UTs
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Pulse

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Edible Oil

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Edible Oilseeds

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Onion



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Sugar


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Rice

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Paddy

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Potato

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Andhra Pradesh
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Retailers- 10-155 qtls.
Wholesalers-250- 5500 qtls
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Retailers- 30-100 qtls.
Wholesalers-370- 900 qtls
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Retailers- 75-150 qtls.
Wholesalers-1200- 2250 qtls
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NR
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Retailers- 40-50qtls. Wholesalers-1000- 2000 qtls
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Trading Rice Mills- 4000 qtls
Non Trading Rice Mills- 1000-2000 qtls
Wholesalers- 250-1000 qtls
Retailers- 50- 100 qtls
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Wholesalers- 750 qtls
Retailers- 150 qtls
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Not Imposed
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Assam
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10 qtls
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Not Reported
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Bihar
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500-1500 qtls
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250-500 qtls
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500-1000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Chhattisgarh
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300-1000 qtls
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250 qtls
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500 qtls
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Goa
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Retailers- 30 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Retailers- 10 qtls.
Wholesalers- 350 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 125 qtls
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Gujarat
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Retailers- 45 qtls.
Wholesalers- 600 qtls
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Retailers- 100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Haryana
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 250 qtls
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1500 qtls
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1500 qtls
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Not Reported
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Himachal Pradesh
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20-150 qtls
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10 qtls
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50 qtls
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Jammu and Kashmir
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Retailers- 600 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1200 qtls
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Retailers- 1100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2200 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 300 qtls.
Wholesalers- 600 qtls
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Jharkhand
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Retailers- 50 qtls
Wholesalers- 500-
1000 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls
Wholesalers- 300-
500 qtls
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Wholesalers-50-2000 qtls
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Wholesalers- 300-
500 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls
Wholesalers- 5000 qtls
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Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Karnataka
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2000-
5000 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls. Wholesalers-1000- 1200qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000-
2000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000-
2000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Kerala
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Retailers- 20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Madhya Pradesh
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Retailers- 40-50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500-
2000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Maharashtra
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Retailers-150-600 qtls.
Wholesalers-1500- 10500 qtls
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Retailers- 20-40 qtls. Wholesalers-300- 1000qtls
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Retailers- 100-2000 qtls.
Wholesalers-800- 20000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Wholesalers-2000-3000 qtls Retailers- 100-200 qtls.
Millers- 45 days grinding capacity
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Wholesalers-2000-3000 qtls
Retailers- 100-200 qtls.
Millers- 45 days grinding capacity
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Manipur
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Meghalaya
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Mizoram
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Nagaland
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Odisha
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Retailers- 20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Retailers- 10 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Retailers- 20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 300 qtls
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Retailers- 8-20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150-
500 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 15-40 qtls.
Wholesalers- 300-1000 qtls
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Punjab
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Retailers- 100-500 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2000-
10000 qtls
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Retailers- 40 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 500 qtls.
Wholesalers- 5000 qtls
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Not Imposed
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Rajasthan
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2000 qtls
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Retailers- 10 qtls.
Wholesalers- 100 qtls
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Retailers- 100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Sikkim
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Not Reported
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Tamil Nadu
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Retailers- 50-125 qtls.
Wholesalers-1250- 5000 qtls
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Retailers- 8-20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 250-
600 qtls
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Retailers- 5-100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500-
1500 qtls
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Not Reported
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Dealers- 400-4600 qtls
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Telangana
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Retailers- 20-155 qtls.
Wholesalers-500- 5500 qtls
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Retailers- 30-100 qtls.
Wholesalers-375- 5500 qtls
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Retailers- 75-150 qtls.
Wholesalers-1200- 2250 qtls
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30-75 qtls.
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Tripura
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Not Reported
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Uttar Pradesh
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1500 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 750 qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Bulk Consumers- 500 qtls Wholesalers- 1500 qtls
Commission Agents- 1500 qtls
Manufacturers- 1500 qtls
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Uttarakhand
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Retailers- 10-15 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150-
500 qtls
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Retailers- 10-15 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150-
500 qtls
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Retailers- 10-15 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150-
500 qtls
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Not Reported
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West Bengal
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Not Reported
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Retailers- 5 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 10 qtls. Wholesalers-400
qtls
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 50 qtls
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Retailers- 100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 500 qtls
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Chandigarh
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10-500 qtls
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5-350 qtls
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30 qtls or more
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Not Reported
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
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Retailers- 25 qtls.
Wholesalers- 250 qtls
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Retailers- 15 qtls.
Wholesalers- 150 qtls
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Not Reported
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Retailers- 40 qtls.
Wholesalers- 275 qtls
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Daman and Diu
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Not Reported
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Delhi
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Retailers- 50 qtls.
Wholesalers- 2000 qtls
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Retailers- 20 qtls.
Wholesalers- 600 qtls
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Retailers- 100 qtls.
Wholesalers- 1500 qtls
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Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
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Wholesalers- 1000 qtls
Retailers- 50qtls.
Millers- 1000qtls
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Lakshadweep
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Not Reported
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Not Reported
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Pondicherry
# Statement is prepared on the basis of information available.
NOTE: Stock Limits shown in range conveys that, since 2002 States/UTs have imposed stock limit within this range only.
Not Reported: Either no information has been received from States/UTs or States/UTs have not imposed Stock limit on this commodity.